"I stepped down from East Africa Venture Capitals to head Wananchi since our $ 170M investment in Wananchi wasn't going well" - Richard Bell at Pivot 25 "Chief executive officer of KDN, Rikus Matthyser, said the company’s new owners, South African technology firm Altech, employed a number of expatriates to “mentor” the local managers for a period of between nine months and two years which triggered a wave of resignations by the senior managers." - Business Daily on *Senior managers quit as expats take over at KDN<http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Senior+managers+quit+as+expats+take+over+at+KDN/-/539550/1183716/-/j246vn/-/> * * * The ISP industry exhibits lots of quality issues with almost everyone agreeing there is no dependable ISP. Most ISPs will point back to their carriers , I was told one carrier had their Kisumu link down for 3 days because the ISP affected was 'not Safaricom'. What ails us? Isn't a nation of 40 million capable of producing a few individuals who can successfully run an ISP? Or is its that Kenyan management have their hands tied by foreign management and investors? -- with Regards: blog.denniskioko.com